Budget Advisory Committee moves regular meeting day to Thursdays, schedules reserve-policy review Sept. 4

The Englewood City Budget Advisory Committee voted to move its regular monthly meeting to the first Thursday of each month beginning Sept. 4 and set the September meeting to focus solely on finalizing its reserve policy recommendation to City Council.

Committee members also approved several scheduling and procedural changes aimed at trimming presentation time and improving advance review: moving nonfinancial department overview slides to an appendix, asking departments to submit presentation materials two weeks before meetings, encouraging a target presentation time of about 15–20 minutes, and combining heavier agenda items into single meetings when possible.

The committee approved a motion to combine the Police Department presentation, Public Works presentation and the review of the sales-and-use tax audit into one June meeting to reduce spring schedule congestion. It also agreed to add a second July meeting to help finish the committee's annual report. Separately, the January 1, 2026 meeting was rescheduled to Jan. 15, 2026 to avoid the…